Cytosolic heteroglycans in photoautotrophic and in heterotrophic plant cells |
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Authors: | Joerg Fettke Irina Malinova Martin Steup |
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Affiliation: | a Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Mass Spectrometry of Biopolymers, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str., 24-25, Building 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany b Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str., 24-25, Building 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany |
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Abstract: | In plants several ‘starch-related’ enzymes exist as plastid- and cytosol-specific isoforms and in some cases the extraplastidial isoforms represent the majority of the enzyme activity. Due to the compartmentation of the plant cells, these extraplastidial isozymes have no access to the plastidial starch granules and, therefore, their in vivo function remained enigmatic. Recently, cytosolic heteroglycans have been identified that possess a complex pattern of the monomer composition and glycosidic bonds. The glycans act both as acceptors and donors for cytosolic glucosyl transferases. In autotrophic tissues the heteroglycans are essential for the nocturnal starch-sucrose conversion. In this review we summarize the current knowledge of these glycans, their interaction with glucosyl transferases and their possible cellular functions. We include data on the heteroglycans in heterotrophic plant tissues and discuss their role in intracellular carbon fluxes that originate from externally supplied carbohydrates. |
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Keywords: | Cytosolic heteroglycans Starch metabolism Maltose metabolism Cytosolic transglucosidase Cytosolic phosphorylase |
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